Private half-day, full-day and sunset sailing tours out of Palma, aboard a crewed yacht that belongs to your group alone for the hours you book. No shared decks, no fixed script, just the coast, the wind and a skipper who knows where to find both at their best.
Search for a sailing tour in Mallorca and most of what you find is the same product wearing different branding: a catamaran leaving Palma Bay on a fixed schedule, forty or fifty tickets sold individually, a loudspeaker narrating a route that never changes, and your afternoon shared with whoever else bought a seat that morning. It is a perfectly reasonable way to spend three hours if that is what you are after. It is not what most people picture when they imagine sailing around Mallorca.
TSB Yachting runs the tour the other way round. Every sailing tour we operate is private: the yacht is hired for your group only, whether that is two people or twelve, and nobody else comes aboard. A professional skipper reads the actual wind on the day rather than following a printed circuit, which means the route genuinely changes with conditions: a fresh Embat sea breeze might mean a proper sail along the cliffs toward Sa Dragonera, while a lighter afternoon might turn into an easy run down the coast with more time anchored for a swim. You decide how much sailing you want and how much lying on deck with a drink you want, and the skipper builds the afternoon around that rather than around a timetable printed months in advance.
We are based in Puerto Portals, a fifteen-minute drive from Palma, and operate our own crewed sailing yachts rather than reselling slots on someone else's boat. That means the skipper you meet at the pontoon is the same person who will be sailing you all afternoon, the boat has been inspected and maintained by people who actually use it, and if you call with a question about tomorrow's tour, you get a straight answer from someone who was aboard yesterday's.
Around four hours out of Palma toward Cala Portals, Illetes or the cliffs beneath Sa Dragonera. Time under sail when the wind allows, an anchorage for swimming, and back at the marina before the afternoon crowds arrive.
Six to seven hours, further along the coast and further from the crowds, toward Port d'Andratx and the Tramuntana foothills, or south to Cabrera on a favourable forecast. Lunch aboard or ashore, and two or three anchorages rather than one.
Around three hours as the afternoon wind eases and the light turns gold along the Bay of Palma. The most requested tour of the season, and the one most guests wish they had booked two nights instead of one.
Because every tour is private, the route is a conversation rather than a printed leaflet. These are the stretches of coast we sail most often, and roughly how far each one sits from a typical half-day or full-day booking.
The closest good sailing water to Palma, reachable inside thirty minutes. Sheltered, clear and the standard route for half-day and sunset tours, with two or three small anchorages close enough together to try more than one in an afternoon.
A rocky, uninhabited island nature reserve off Mallorca's south-west tip, with cliffs that drop straight into deep water and a genuinely different feel from the marinas closer to Palma. A regular full-day destination, and one of the best stretches on the island for actual sailing rather than motoring.
Where the mountains meet the sea and the coastline turns dramatic: steep pine-covered slopes falling into water that stays a deep, clear blue. Reachable on a longer full-day tour with a good forecast, and worth the extra distance for anyone who has already done the south-west coast.
A protected national park roughly ten nautical miles south of Mallorca, with water so clear it looks tropical rather than Mediterranean. A full-day option on the right conditions, and the single most memorable destination we sail to when time and wind allow.
On a shared sailing tour, the boat leaves when the schedule says so, follows the route it always follows, and stops when the operator's clock says stop, regardless of whether the wind just picked up or your group would rather linger another twenty minutes at the last anchorage. None of that decision is yours.
On a private tour, every one of those calls belongs to you and the skipper together. Want to swim for longer and skip the second anchorage? Done. Prefer to actually helm the boat for half an hour instead of just riding along? The skipper will happily hand you the wheel. Travelling with young children, older relatives or someone who gets seasick easily? The pace adjusts around them rather than a printed itinerary.
It is also, simply, quieter. No tannoy, no forty strangers, no queue for the one toilet on board. Just your group, the crew, and a boat that is genuinely yours for the hours you have booked it.
Plenty of sites will sell you a seat on a Mallorca sailing tour without ever having set foot on the boat. We are the operator, not the middleman: our own yachts, our own skippers, based fifteen minutes from Palma.
Your group only, on every tour we run. No mixed bookings, no strangers on deck, no per-head pricing.
The skipper plans the route around the day's actual wind and your group's pace, not a fixed circuit repeated on a loop.
One price for the whole yacht, agreed before you sail. Extras like catering or water toys are quoted separately, never sprung on you at the dock.
Skippers who sail this coast every week and know which cove is holding today, not a rotating agency roster.
Mallorca sails well for most of the year, but the character of a tour changes a good deal between May and October. Here is roughly what to expect in each part of the season.
A dependable afternoon Embat sea breeze, warm air, and anchorages that are still quiet. Our own pick for anyone who wants a proper sail rather than a motor with the sails up for photographs.
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The warmest water of the year and the busiest anchorages. Sunset tours are the standout format in high summer: the wind eases, the heat drops and the light does most of the work. Book two to four weeks ahead.
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Warm sea, reliable wind and a coastline that has emptied out. The best month-for-money stretch of the year and a strong contender for the single nicest time to sail around Mallorca.
Check autumn dates →Tell us your dates, how many are coming, and whether you fancy a sunset, a half day or a full day along the coast. We will come back with the right yacht and a clear price, usually within a few hours.
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